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(Waste Management, BFI, Superior and Walter's) collected 71 % of the total tons of trash in the two counties in 2000 compared with 42% in 1995. While the four smaller haulers that serve Roseville (Gene's, Highland, Horrigan's, and Mudek) collected 3.1 % of the total tons of trash in the counties compared to 2.5% in 1995. In ] 991 Superior was not doing business in Roseville. The other three held 86% of the residential routes. According to the 2002 resident survey 98% of Roseville homeowners contract with one of the big four haulers. Leiat P�rfrnrd innesota Waste Management Hierarchy Reduction and Reuse Recycling Food and Yard Waste Composting Resource Recovery fTh�o.6h MSN' C«npo�tin6 «lenMnuen) Landfill Disposal IPrdu`+. �v+mrlhan� nr ��pMre� rn.ihan� tnr uv �. Iwll Landfill Disposal IholucinRnMh�n� Ilut n nd ��ptundl Waste Hierarchy In 1980 the Minnesota Legislature established an order of preference for managing waste in order to protect the state's environment and public health. This preferential order is shown on the chart at left. Recognizing that solid waste poses a risk to the environment no matter how it is managed, the Legislature placed waste reduction and recycling at the �op of the hierarchy. The less waste produced and the more material recycled, the less the need for processing or disposal. Landfill disposal is at the bottom of the hierarchy because of pollution and related liability concerns and the lost opportunity to use waste as a resource. However this waste management order of preference is not being met. The amount of garbage produced by each Minnesotan has increased 23% since 1993 to more than a ton per person in 2001. Meanwhile the rate of recycling in Roseville and Minnesota has been stagnant over the past ten years. And the amount of garbage being sent to landfills is increasing. This comes even though Minnesota leads the nation in the amount of garbage processed at resource recovery facilities that turn garbage into a fue] to be burned at electricity generating plants. In addition to the State hierarchy, Ramsey County has a Solid Waste Management Plan in which it seeks to minimize waste, prevent pollution, promote efficiency, and provide a sustainable infrastructure for solid waste management. To do that, Ramsey County has established five goals: � Manage wastes to protect the environment and public health, and to conserve resources � Manage wastes using a variety of inethods according to the State's hierarchy, in order to minimize landfilling � Manage wastes cost-effectively and minimize potential liability for citizens, businesses and taxpayers � Encourage waste generator responsibility for environmentally sound waste management � Allocate costs fairly to users. 34